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ROLLER FOR HANGING CURTAINS.

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HERMAN DIEDRlOH HINTERNESOH AND HERMAN DIEDRIOH HINTERNESOH,

y- JR., OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

ROLLERv FOR HANGING CURTAINS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 346,752,- dated August 3, 1886.

Application tiled Marcil 27, 1836. Serial No. 196,795. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HERMAN DTEDRICH HiNTnRNEson and HERMAN DIEDRICH. HIN- TERNESOH, Jr., citizens of the United States,

residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rollers for Hanging Curtains, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to a new and useful 1o roller for hanging curtains, and is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is aview of one roller,whereo.n the spiral from the center to the ends winds right and left, and a pair of curtains hung therei5 from. Fig. 2 is a view on alarger scale of one end of the roller and the supporting-braeket in sect-ion. Fig. 3 is a View ofthe roller and a curtain, showing the spiral winding one way' continuous from end to end. The position 2o shown illustrates the curtain as it appears when receding or being drawn back.

The letter A designates a window-frame or a doorway; B,.the new roller, made of wood or any other suitable material, having a spiral or screwform. This roller has at each end ajournal, c, and at one end a pulley, d. Brackets E, of any suitable kind, have bearings f, in which the roller-journals c are seated. The roller is thereby supported, and may be 3o revolved by means ot' an endless cord, g, passed over the pulley d.

The curtain H is provided at the top edge with rings i, which loosely surround the roller, and thereby the curtain is hung. These rings are large enough to slip freely along the spirals of the roller. One edge of the curtain, or the ring next tothe supporting-bracket, is suitably fastened or coniined to prevent it from moving away from the side of the win- 4o dow or door frame. In the present instance a cord at 7c serves this purpose.

The operation of this device will be readily understood. Drawing the endless cord g one way will cause the spiral roller B to revolve 4 5 in one direct-ien, and the said spirals will cause the rings i to move along or traverse the roller lengthwise toward one end. By drawing the endless cord the other way the roller will be revolved in the opposite direction, and accordingly the rings will move or traverse to- 5o ward the other end of the roller. The travers` ing of the rings of course shifts the curtain. Thus by this roller the curtain constant] y han gs down full length, and is moved or shifted sidewise, or in a horizontal plane. The spiral screw of the roller may wind continuously from one end to the other, as shown in Fig. 3, and in this form is suitable for one curtain.

A distinct form of roller is shown in Fig. 1, where two spirals or screws are shown-that en is, one end of the roller has a `spiral which winds to the right, and the other end a spiral which winds to the left, and ashort straight space, Z, separates the two spirals. By this construction two curtains, H H, may be hung` from the same roller. \Vhen the roller is revolved in one direction, both curtains will move or shift toward the center, and when the roller is revolved in the opposite direction the two curtains will separate at the center 7o and recede from each other.

To insure that the several rings 17, when moving on the roller, will space themselves apart at equal distances, a cord, n, connects the tops of all the rings. 7 5

Having described our invention, we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- The combination of a curtain-roller having` aspiral or screw-shape form, a curtain pro- 8( vided at its top with rings which loosely surround the roller, and a cord connecting all the rings to space them apart equally, as set forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in the presenceof two witnesses.

HERMAN DIEDKICH HIN'IERNHSCH. HERMAN DlEDRlClI IIINTERNESCH, JIL. liitnesses:

. JOHN E. MORRIS, JNo. T. MADDOX. 

